F W Winterbotham Cbe (2 results)
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Seller: Chris Fessler, Bookseller, Howell, MI, U.S.A.Chris Fessler, Bookseller
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. blue & red 1/2 cloth hardbound 8vo. 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in near fine cond. with couple of tiny tears, not price clipped.… nice clean copy. no library markings or store stamps, no stickers or bookplates, no names, no inking , no underlining, no remainder markings etc ~. first edition so stated. first printing ( # 1 in # line). 222p. author's note. index. autobiography. memoirs. espionage. covert operations. secret societies. world war ii. nazi germany. SIS. MI6. MI5. ULTRA. alfred rosenberg. rudolf hess. adolf hitler. heinrich himmler. ~ "A rare insight into the inner workings of the Nazi machine as it prepared to take over Europe. Only Captain Winterbotham could have written this book." ~James M. Gavin. F. W. Winterbotham's The Ultra Secret, which described his role in the breaking and use of the top~secret German code during World War II, was a sensational best seller that made newspaper headlines. In this equally exciting book, Winterbotham reveals his hitherto secret activities as a British spy in the early years of Hitler's Third Reich. Even before the Nazis came to power in the 1930s, Frederick Winterbotham was sent by British Intelligence to Germany to befriend the Nazi leaders and learn as much as he could about their plans. After Hitler took over the government in 1933, he continued his assignment, meeting with Hitler himself, Goering, Rosenberg and a number of generals, visiting military bases, witnessing manoeuvres, and assessing the capabilities of the new German Air Force. Winterbotham played his role so well over the years that the Germans fully accepted him as a loyal friend. He describes how he was recruited for this dangerous job, how he obtained other agents (once carrying $10,000 in a suitcase to pay one of them), what it was like entertaining young German pilots so that they would tell him what he wanted to know, and how he learned which high French officials were on the Nazi payroll. Winterbotham also describes the enormous frustration he sometimes encountered when the British cabinet refused to believe what he told them about the new Stuka dive bomber (they said such a plane was impossible), and the specific German plans for the invasion of Russia outlined to him at dinner one night five years before it was launched. Winterbotham's chronicle is full of anecdotes about agents, double agents and Nazi officials whom he sometimes met in their own homes or with whom he visited at German vacation resorts or political rallies. He describes how he found out about acoustic mines and was able to get photostats of Goering's detailed day book. The result is an absolutely fascinating inside account of a top~level spy at work, a man dealing at the highest levels of international intrigue.
Published by Harper Publishing -, 1978
- Hardcover
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Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover/pub.1978/Fair condition/222 pages - A rare insight into the inner workings of the Nazi machine is discussed in this text. [TA131375]. Book.
